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Foster families to be recognized in Los Angeles
Archbishop José H. Gomez will celebrate the Mass in honor of Catholic foster families on Sunday, October 13 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, to mark the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Life, Justice and Peace’s first Catholic Foster Family Appreciation Day. Foster care advocates and families from parish communities are invited to join the Mass to recognize the contributions of individuals and families who help to provide a home and care for the more than 34,000 children who are part of Los Angeles’ foster care system.
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Sacerdotes venezolanos buscan ayuda para su país
El P. Miguel Acevedo es uno de los pocos sacerdotes de origen venezolano que vive en Los Ángeles (Estados Unidos), y junto a otros presbíteros han empezado a reunirse para buscar formas de ayudar a los más necesitados, incluidos sus hermanos sacerdotes que permanecen en Venezuela.
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Catholic Charities head reflects on legacy of serving LA’s most vulnerable
Msgr. Gregory A. Cox became the executive director of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles when the agency was celebrating its 75th anniversary in 1994. Back then it was called the Catholic Welfare Bureau.
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Different names, same mission: Catholic Charities of Los Angeles turns 100
Mari couch surfed with her mother for months. Usually, it was with relatives and her mom’s friends. They often wore out their welcome after a couple of weeks.
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Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (October 3, 2019)
I love this: The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is celebrating foster families on October 13 with a Mass, picnic, and festival.
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Football Polls: St. Pius X-St. Matthias tops D-14 rankings
It’s more of the same in the top division of the CIF-Southern Section, according to divisional polls released Sept. 30.
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Mission means preaching by example
Pope Francis has declared October 2019 as “extraordinary missionary month,” marking the 100th anniversary of “Maximum Illud,” a remarkable apostolic letter on the Church’s mission written by Pope Benedict XV.
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Venezuelan priests in LA look for ways to help homeland
Only seven months ago, Father Miguel Acevedo was the pastor of the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, in Caracas, where he was in daily contact with the misery and hunger that is gripping large swaths of the population in Venezuela and the political tension that divides that country.
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Notre Dame High School student’s half-court shot goes viral
A local Catholic school student’s surprising half-court shot has achieved viral glory.
Matthew Von Der Ahe is a student at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks. A video posted Sept. 14 by Instagram account “HouseOfHighlights,” which features a variety of viral sports highlights, showed Matthew, who has Down syndrome, making a long-distance shot on a basketball court before being immediately mobbed in celebration by a throng of fellow students.
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Filipino priests to sponsor ‘Pista sa Nayon’ fundraiser
THE Filipino Priests Association of Los Angeles will sponsor a fundraising event on Sunday, October 20, at 5 p.m. the Glendale Civic Auditorium, 1401 N. Verdugo Rd., Glendale, CA 91208.
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